Amazon, Google, BBC & Others Accounced for Develop in Brighton
Conference to take place at Hilton Metropole 10-12 July 2012
Media and entertainment giants Amazon, Google and the BBC have just been announced to speak at next week’s Develop in Brighton, which takes place at the city’s Hilton Metropole on 10-12 July 2012. The Steam team, Lionhead Studios and SCEE are also among the final line up confirmed for Europe’s leading games development conference.
The following sessions have been confirmed for the one-day Evolve Conference on Tuesday 10 July:
· Amazon Cloud Computing and Gaming
Ryan Shuttleworth,Technical Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
· How to Advertise Your Games on Google
Ali Syed, Senior Acquisition Manager, Google
· TV & Gaming - The Future of Entertainment
Simon Harris, Executive Producer, BBC Worldwide
· Starting a New Games Brand
David Bozard, Dojit
The following sessions have also been confirmed for the two-day Develop Conference on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 July:
· Lionhead’s Eventful Journey
Gary Carr, Creative Director, Lionhead Studios
· Meet the Steam Team (this session straddles both Develop and Indie Dev Marketing)
Anna Sweet, Augusta Butlin, DJ Powers and Jason Holtman, Valve Software
· 'Creating Dunwall' - Visual Development for Dishonored
Sebastien Mitton, Art Director, Arkane Studios
Viktor Antonov, Visual Design Director, ZeniMax Media
· Developing on PlayStation®Mobile
Neil Brown, Team Leader R & D Department, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
“We’re very excited to announce speakers from Amazon, Google and BBC Worldwide, which further display both the increasing convergence between games and TV and the rise of digital distribution,” said Andy Lane, managing director, Tandem Events.
“The fact that the Develop Conference draws names from global entertainment giants such as these is also testament to the investment we have made over the last seven years to continually evolve this conference to ensure it always meets the knowledge, networking and business requirements of today’s games developers in Europe.”
To register for Develop please visit www.developconference.com.
